精選寫作用字
1. host
a. 主人
To please every guest is the supposed responsibility of a host.
(主人理當使客人賓至如歸。)
b. 寄主
A lot of parasites and their hosts live in a reciprocal, symbiotic relationship.
(許多寄生蟲和其宿主都處於一種互利共生的關係。)
c. 許多、大量
Pregnant women might be confronted with a host of problems: anorexia, messed-up endocrine, or even depression.
(孕婦可能會遭遇許多問題：厭食、內分泌失調甚至是憂鬱。)
2. house
a. 房屋
For many people, they need a small, love-warmed home—rather than a big, empty house.
(許多人需要的是小而溫馨的家，而不是空蕩蕩的大房子。)
b. 包含、囊括、囤藏
London is a city that houses cultural heritage, creativity, fashion, and economic momentum.
(倫敦是一座蘊藏文化遺產、創意、時尚和經濟活力的城市。)
3. hunt
a. 狩獵
Cheetah’s explosive speed allows it to hunt with ease and efficiency.
(印度豹移動神速，因而能輕易有效地狩獵。)
b. 尋求、追求
It is democracy that grants everyone freedom to pursue his own dream.
(就是因為民主，人人才有追求夢想的自由。)
4. hybrid
a. 雜種、混血兒
A superstition goes that hybrids are prettier and smarter.
(一般人盲目地認為混血兒必然比較漂亮又聰明。)
b. 混雜的、混合的
The designer’s creativity is displayed through the interplay of hybrid colors.
(該設計師藉由混搭顏色來展現創意。)
5. identify
a. 指認
With all the advances in forensic science, it is now possible to identify a perpetrator with only drops of blood or saliva.
(由於法醫科學進步，現在只要幾滴血液或是唾液就可能指認出真正兇手。)
b. 找出
This project attempts to identify all variables that make a case sink or swim.
(該計劃旨在找出所有可能決定案件成敗的變因。)
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envy 羨慕的對象
As long as we work long, work hard, and work together, our product will for sure become the envy of the market.
只要我們團結一致長期努力，我們的產品就一定會成為市場目光的焦點。
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erupt 爆發；大量產生；突如其來
If care is not focused on depressed youngsters, they might erupt into hysterical actions that cause detrimental results.
如果對抑鬱的年輕人們漠不關心，他們可能有一天會突然作出瘋狂的舉動且造成傷害。
After an unsuccessful pursuit for democracy, Burma erupted into a blood-stained violence this summer.
今年夏天，緬甸追求實現民主不果，爆發了血腥暴力事件。
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escalate 逐步上升
If the union refuses to negotiate, the chaos in the market may escalate.
如果公會拒絕談判，市場的混亂還會逐漸升高。
The worries toward a civil war escalated after the former Prime Minister was gunned down.
前首相遭槍擊後，內戰的憂慮甚囂塵上。
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evolve into 發展成為；演變
Continuous effort could work magic. Who could imagine that a company nestled in a garage at that time would evolve into a business empire one day?
持續努力能產生神效。誰能想的到當時在車庫裡成立的小公司會有一天變成這樣的大企業呢？
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exhaust 耗盡；使失去
Although Edison failed again and again in his experiments, yet these repeated failures never exhausted his patience and persistence.
愛迪生經歷過無數次實驗失敗，但一再的失敗不曾讓他失去耐心與堅持。